Bizarre Celebrity Relatives

[LolaCocaCola]

There sure are some wacky unexpected celebrity relatives out there, for example did you know that Nicholas Cage is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew?

A wacky one I just found out is that actress Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) is singer Suzi Quatro's niece!

Any others out there that you know of???

:confused:

[KneadToKnow]

Bonnie Bedelia (http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Bedelia,+Bonnie) is Macaulay Culkin's (as well as the other little Culkins') aunt.

Mariska Hargitay (http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Hargitay,+Mariska) of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (though she will always be Cynthia from ER to me) is Jayne Mansfield's daughter, and was one of the people in the car when her mother died.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Take a look at Nicolas Cage's IMDB entry, he has a zillion show business connections: He is also a nephew of Talia Shire (Adrian from the Rocky movies) and is married to Michael Jackson's ex, Lisa Marie Presley, so he is Elvis' son in law! He also used to be married to one of the Arquettes.

Mariska Hargitay and I share the same birthday, although different years (not that far off, though).

[LolaCocaCola]

Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph
Mariska Hargitay and I share the same birthday, although different years (not that far off, though).

Wow! I just found out I share Sherilyn Fenn's birthday!

:eek:

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally posted by LolaCocaCola


Wow! I just found out I share Sherilyn Fenn's birthday!

:eek:

Weird! What are the odds?

[Minor Irritant]

The one I could never wrap my mind around is the fact that Albert Brooks is Super Dave Osbourne's brother.

And Talia Shire's the mother of the kid (Jason Schwartzman, I think) from Rushmore, too.

Rae Dawn Chong, from Commando is the daughter of professional pothead Tommy Chong.

[KneadToKnow]

Just so we don't all start tripping over ourselves with Talia Shire references, let me post this link:
http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Shire,+Talia

[japatlgt]

Anne Murray (obscure Canadian singer) is sister to Gordon Lightfoot (ditto). Mary Martin (the original Peter Pan) is Mother to J.R. (Larry Hagman) of "Dallas" fame. James Arness (Matt Dillon/Gunsmoke) is brother to Peter Graves (Mission Impossible TV series, etc.). David Letterman has a Mom from Indianapolis!

[Slainte]

Warren Beatty is the brother of Shirley MacLaine.

[Sternvogel]

Originally posted by japatlgt
Anne Murray (obscure Canadian singer) is sister to Gordon Lightfoot (ditto).

Um, where did you hear this? Murray is from Nova Scotia and grew up with five brothers, none named Gordon:

http://www.annemurray.com/pages/story.htm

Lightfoot is an Ontario native. A Google search turned up no references to siblings, so I'm speculating that the performer of such classics as "Carefree Highway" and "Sundown" is an only child.

Obscurity is obviously in the eye of the beholder, but both Lightfoot and Murray have been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Gordon and Anne were also both fixtures on USA charts in the 1970's.

[Zoe]

Kurt Vonnegut used to be Geraldo Rivera's father-in-law.

Sissy Spacek is either the niece or the cousin of Rip Torn.

Rip Torn was married to Geraldine Page.

Ethel Merman was married to Ernest Borgnine.

Clark Gable and Loretta Young had a daughter together.

[Ranchoth]

Norah Jones is Ravi Shankar's daughter.

Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig (Formerly Siddig el Fidel) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had a child together.

[Guinastasia]

Originally posted by japatlgt
Anne Murray (obscure Canadian singer) is sister to Gordon Lightfoot (ditto).

Oh yuck! I hate Anne Murray! I think Gordon should shove her down on the Fitz!

[TeaElle]

Jenny McCarthy is married to John Asher, who is the son of Joyce Bulifant, a regular on "Match Game" (and mother of the sick girl in "Airplane") and William Asher who was the creator of "Bewitched" and was married (before Bulifant) to Elizabeth Montgomery.

Jenna "Dharma" Elfman's husband Bodhi is the nephew of musical genius Danny Elfman.

[Lamia]

Richard Wagner was Franz Liszt's son-in-law.

[masonite]

You mean Franz Liszt, the well-known Hollywood composer???


George Clooney's aunt was Rosemary Clooney.

[ninevah]

And Cyd Charisse is also Nana Visitor's aunt.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Anne Ramsey's father-in-law, Lt. Commander Logan Ramsey, was stationed in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. He was one of the first ones to radio in about incoming aircraft. (She was married to his son, actor Logan Ramsey, a character actor specializing in redneckish roles.)

Wally George was mentioned in a recent thread in MPSIMS or IMHO. He is the bio-dad of Rebecca DeMornay.

[SadTomato]

Jeanette MacDonald, MGM singing star from the '40s, was the sister of Blossom Rock, "Grandmama" on The Addams Family.

[Brynda]

William Mapother is Tom Cruise's cousin. William is not that well known, although he did a great job as the evil husband in In The Bedroom. Tom puts him in a lot of his films, so no matter what you think of him, he is good to his cousin.

[bibliophage]

Nobel Prize winning physicist Max Born was the grandfather of Singer Olivia Newton-John.

[Krokodil]

Alexander Siddig has more famous relatives than wife Nana Visitor: His uncle on his mother's side is Malcolm McDowell, and on his father's side, an uncle who was Sudan's Prime Minister. If he and Talia Shire mated, we'd all be cousins!

[scott evil]

SNL's Maya Rudolph is the daughter of the late Minnie Riperton.

Great, now I'll have "Loving You" in my head all day...

[Brynda]

Mariette Hartley (was on the original Star Trek, famous for the commercials with James Garner) is the granddaughter of James Watson, a famous behaviorist psychologist.

[Mith]

anyone want to take Wilson Phillips?

MAthew Pierre's (Chandler from Friends) dad was the tall, dark handsome brute from the Irish Spring commercials

Donald Southerland's father started the national health care in canada. Also, Donald is Keifer's dad.

[Exapno Mapcase]

Originally posted by Brynda
Mariette Hartley (was on the original Star Trek, famous for the commercials with James Garner) is the granddaughter of James Watson, a famous behaviorist psychologist.

The IMDB says that she "Is the grand niece of FDR's famous Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes."

[Skid Row]

John Stamos' older brother sang "Lovin' You" at South Park Elementary. South Park was recorded by Maya Rudolph's late mother, Minnie Ripperton.

...wait for the high note.

[Brynda]

Originally posted by Exapno Mapcase
The IMDB says that she "Is the grand niece of FDR's famous Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes."

So she is covered on both psychological and political fronts. :)

[Sampiro]

Woody Allen is Mia Farrow's ex husband (well, in a common law sort of way) and currently her son-in-law as well as Andre Previn's.

James Best (character actor best known as Roscoe P. Coltrane from DUKES OF HAZZARD) is first cousin to the Everly Brothers.

Krystal Gayle is Loretta Lynn's baby sister and thus aunt to "the Lynns".

Mickey Gilley, Jimmy Swaggart, and Jerry Lee Lewis are first cousins.

Goldie Hawn is a direct descendant of Edward Rutledge (youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, perhaps best remembered by history for singing MOLASSES TO RUM TO SLAVES in 1776).

Dominick Dunne is the brother of John Gregory Dunne and the brother-in-law of Joan Didion. (The brothers haven't spoken in many years.)

Lynne Redgrave is the mother of Natasha Richardson, mother-in-law of Liam Neeson, and sister of Lynn and Corin Redgrave. (Natasha's father, Tony, and grandfather, Michael Redgrave, were both gay, incidentally.)

Kathryne Brown, the attractive African American actress who plays Zola Knox on JUDGING AMY, is the daughter of series star Tyne Daly, who is the ex-wife of Georg Stanford Brown (ROOTS) and current steady of Clarence Clemons as well as the brother of Tim Daly. (A commonly repeated connection is that Tyne Daly is the granndaughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren, but it's not true.)

Actors Matt Salinger and Stephen Mailer are the sons of J.D. and Norman, respectively.

Gore Vidal was the grandson of Senator Thomas Pryor Gore (D-OK, he was blind due to two separate childhood accidents), shared a stepfather with Jackie Kennedy & Lee Radziwill, and is the son of the founder of several airlines and inspiration for a character in Knowles' A SEPARATE PEACE.

Arthur Miller, in addition to having been Mr. Marilyn Monroe, is by a daughter from a subsequent wife the father-in-law of Daniel Day Lewis.

Sean Astin is the son of Patty Duke and may be the son of Desi Arnaz, Jr., as well, though he was raised by John Astin and regards him as his true father. His brother Mackenzie was a child star on Facts of Life who still turns up in occasional film roles.

Miguel Ferrer (son of Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer) is the first cousin of George Clooney. Ferrer's brother Gabriel is married to Debbie Boone, daughter of Pat and granddaughter of Red Foley. Before he married Rosemary Clooney, Jose was married to legendary acting teacher Uta Hagen, with whom he had a daughter. That daughter is no relation to George Clooney; to the best of my knowledge I am no relation to George Clooney either, which means that I could belong to Uta Hagen...

[Sampiro]

The above should have read "VANESSA Redgrave is the mother of Natasha Richardson".

Lynn Redgrave's marriage broke up when she learned her grandson was actually her husband's son.

[japatlgt]

Originally posted by Sternvogel
Um, where did you hear this? Murray is from Nova Scotia and grew up with five brothers, none named Gordon:



Beats me. Sorry for the confusion.

[Sampiro]

Charles Kimbrough, best known as Jim Dial from MURPHY BROWN, is married to Beth Howland, best known as Vera from ALICE. She was formerly married to Michael J. Pollard (who was a deadbeat dad to their daughter) and his aunt co-authored OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY with Cornelia Otis Skinner.

Jefferson Davis's first wife, Knox, was the daughter of Zachary Taylor. She died soon after the wedding. When he remarried to Varina Howell, he took her on their honeymoon to see his first wife's grave.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico and conqueror of the Alamo, was a first cousin by marriage to Jim Bowie.

Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only woman in history to be queen of both France and England, was the mother of two kings of England, and was the grandmother of eight monarchs.
Emma of Normandy was the only woman to have been the wife of two kings of England (Ethelrede and Cnut) and bore a son by each who became king. (Her son Edward "the Confessor" was an albino who died a virgin, much to the aggravation of his wife.)

[Sampiro]

Last but not least: mass murderer Gary Gilmore claimed to be the illegitimate grandson of Harry Houdini.

[Scarlett67]

Originally posted by Mith
MAthew Pierre's (Chandler from Friends) dad was the tall, dark handsome brute from the Irish Spring commercials

That should be:

Matthew Perry[b]'s dad was the guy in the [b]Old Spice commercials.

[Governor Quinn]

Bing Crosby's brother, Bob, was a big-band leader in the 1930's and 1940's.

Bing's former partner in the Paul Whiteman orchestra, Harry Barris (also the composer of "I Surrender Dear"), is the uncle of TV producer/host/author/prankster Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris, according to the IMDB.

[Globe-trotter]

Originally posted by Mith
Donald Southerland's father started the national health care in canada. Also, Donald is Keifer's dad. [/B]

Nope. That's Tommy Douglas' claim to fame (i.e. health care). His daughter, Shirley, is Sutherland's ex-wife and mother of Keifer.

[Walloon]

Originally posted by Sampiro
Sean Astin is the son of Patty Duke and may be the son of Desi Arnaz, Jr., as well, though he was raised by John Astin and regards him as his true father.Sean Astin had parentage tests done, and it turns out he is the son of Michael Tell, to whom his mother was married for only about a month in 1970. Sean was adopted by Patty's third husband, John Astin, when Sean was 3.

[Bricker]

Originally posted by Walloon
Sean Astin had parentage tests done, and it turns out he is the son of Michael Tell, to whom his mother was married for only about a month in 1970. Sean was adopted by Patty's third husband, John Astin, when Sean was 3.

Do have a cite for this? Duke's autobiography claims she never consummated her marriage to Tell.

- Rick

[Exapno Mapcase]

Originally posted by Brickner
Do have a cite for this? Duke's autobiography claims she never consummated her marriage to Tell.

From Yahoo! Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800071967&cf=biog&intl=us)

in 1994, Astin underwent DNA testing that revealed rock promoter Michael Tell to be his biological father (Patty Duke and Tell had been briefly married before her engagement to John Astin). Though the actor is friendly with Tell, he still considers those who raised him to be his parents.

Cool! A virigin birth!

[Walloon]

The Sean Astin information was from the "Walter Scott's Personality Parade" column in Parade magazine, 11 Nov. 2001.

Another (http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1010410674) view:At age 25, Sean discovered that John was not his biological father. In her 1987 autobiography, Call Me Anna, Duke explains that in 1970 she'd had a fling with Desi Arnaz Jr., then 17, followed by a brief affair with John. Soon after, the 23-year-old impulsively wed rock promoter Michael Tell, now 56. The Tell marriage lasted 13 days; by then, Duke was pregnant. (She married John in 1972.) DNA tests — conducted after Astin had a chance 1994 encounter with Tell's niece, who suggested that he get tested — proved Tell to be his father. Now, though he considers John his dad, he is friendly with all three men — including Arnaz Jr., whom he met through John in 1995. To this day Duke maintains that Tell — with whom she says she was never intimate — is not Astin's biological father. "I don't buy that test," she says.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Brian Keith's step-mother was (briefly) aviation pioneer Peg Entwistle.

[Harvey The Heavy]

I guess it's common knowlege by now that Liv Tyler's dad is Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.

And whose mother was it that invented Wite-Out? I've heard this about Tom Hanks, Michael Nesmith and a few other celebraties.

[Mr Jim]

Originally posted by Harvey The Heavy


And whose mother was it that invented Wite-Out? I've heard this about Tom Hanks, Michael Nesmith and a few other celebraties.

Michael Nesmith (http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blliquid_paper.htm)

[LifeOnWry]

Interesting side note about Liv Tyler: she was raised as Liv Rundgren, and thought that Todd Rundgren was her father. I have heard that she noticed the physical resemblence to Steven and questioned her mother, but that sounds too Hollyweird to be true. Then again, it might be.

One celebrity past-marriage that surprised me: Faye Dunaway and Peter Wolf (of the J. Geils Band.)

[LolaCocaCola]

Originally posted by LifeOnWry
One celebrity past-marriage that surprised me: Faye Dunaway and Peter Wolf (of the J. Geils Band.)


Well, now, that's wacky!

[SadTomato]

Originally posted by Mjollnir
Brian Keith's step-mother was (briefly) aviation pioneer Peg Entwistle.

"aviation pioneer"--I get it.

BTW, speaking of Peg, many years ago I climbed to the top of the "D" on the Hollywood sign. I don't think you can get away with crap like that anymore.

[Robot Arm]

Sigourney Weaver was the niece of the late Doodles Weaver, vocalist with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

[dwyr]

Alma Gluck (http://www.marstonrecords.com/gluck/gluck_liner.htm), famous operatic singer of the early 20th century, is Stephanie Zimbalist's grandmother and of course Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s mother.

[vivalostwages]

Sissy Spacek's husband, Jack Fisk, has a sister named Mary who was David Lynch's second wife. Spacek reportedly helped Lynch finance Eraserhead, and years later he cast her in The Straight Story.

[Krokodil]

Lyle Lovett's uncle is Calvin Klein. I can't find out anywhere if he's that Calvin Klein, though.

[InTransit]

Originally posted by Robot Arm
Sigourney Weaver was the niece of the late Doodles Weaver, vocalist with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

Sigourney Weaver's father, Sylvester Weaver, was the programming head of NBC in the 40s and 50s. He developed shows like The Tonight Show and Today. Prior to this, he had been the advertising manager at American Tobacco Company.

Spike Jonze is Sophia Coppola's husband, so he enters that whole Coppola clan.

All these connection make me want to play Celebrity Relatives and Their Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

[InTransit]

Originally posted by Krokodil
Lyle Lovett's uncle is Calvin Klein. I can't find out anywhere if he's that Calvin Klein, though.

He's not. Just has the same name.


The 44-year-old Lovett and his uncle, Calvin Klein (no, not that Calvin Klein), were in a cattle pen with the bull they've raised since it was a calf when it struck them, according to Gilmer.
from : http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/article/1106999

[TGWATY]

Camille Keaton, star of the infamous Day of the Woman, aka I Spit On Your Grave is the grandniece of Buster Keaton.

Mia Farrow is the daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan, Jane in the MGM Tarzan films. O'Sullivan's last film appearance was with her daughter in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.

Carrie Fisher is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Singing in the Rain) and Eddie Fisher

[Odieman]

And Charley Weaver (most noted for being on "Hollywood Squares" , is Roseanna, Patricia and and David Arquette's grandfather.

[Robot Arm]

Originally posted by InTransit
Sigourney Weaver's father, Sylvester Weaver, was the programming head of NBC in the 40s and 50s. He developed shows like The Tonight Show and Today. Prior to this, he had been the advertising manager at American Tobacco Company. Well, sure, but could he gargle to the tune of the William Tell Overture?

[CBCD]

Warren Buffet and Jimmy Buffet are cousins. I'm not sure if they are 1st cousins, though.

[Sampiro]

Originally posted by TGWATY
Mia Farrow is the daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan, Jane in the MGM Tarzan films. O'Sullivan's last film appearance was with her daughter in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.

You know, I'll bet when he was Maureen's employer as well as the lover of her daughter, Woody never dreamed he'd one day be her grandson as well.

Carrie Fisher is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Singing in the Rain) and Eddie Fisher

According to Todd Fisher (Carrie's brother, Debbie's son), Debbie Reynolds was the lover of Agnes Moorehead for quite a few years as well. (Why any woman would make love to Agnes Moorehead when they're already friends with studmuffin Rip Taylor is beyond me...)

[Sampiro]

The twins who played Adam on BEWITCHED are the illegitimate sons of Tony Curtis (though they didn't know it til they were grown).
Cite:http://www.bewitched.net/adam.htm

A major twist in Gore Vidal's novel BURR was the revelation that
Martin Van Buren was the illegitimate son of Aaron Burr
though no mainstream historian shares that view.

An incredible number of the kings and queens of England have been related to each other, so much so that an investigation for practices of nepotism and hiring discrimination could be launched.

The Herodian dynasty was so inbred that the oldest son of Salome (of "seven veils"/"one Baptist platter, hold the spine" fame) was the grandson, great grandson, and great-great grandson of Herod the Great. That the family didn't have tails and a blowhole by this time is incredible, but quite to the contrary their women were noted for their beauty (unlike the also very inbred Cleopatra VII, who was noted for her sexual talents but not her looks).

[sugaree]

Originally posted by Robot Arm
Sigourney Weaver was the niece of the late Doodles Weaver, vocalist with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

Originally posted by InTransit
Sigourney Weaver's father, Sylvester Weaver, was the programming head of NBC in the 40s and 50s. He developed shows like The Tonight Show and Today. Prior to this, he had been the advertising manager at American Tobacco Company.

Spike Jonze is Sophia Coppola's husband, so he enters that whole Coppola clan.[/i]

I know everyone probably knows this, but Doodle Weaver's band leader Spike Jones is a totally different person from Sofia Coppola's husband Spike Jonze.

[Sampiro]

An obscuree but a goodee: Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt) was the nephew of Anna Owens (better known as Anna Leonowens), author of "Anna and the King of Siam", upon which "The King and I" and "Anna and the King". His first-cousin was the father of Quentin Crisp (Denis Pratt), henna entrepreneur and nude bureaucrat.

[Lute Skywatcher]

Tampa Bay's third baseman Jared Sandberg (http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandbja01.shtml) is Ryno's (http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandbry01.shtml) nephew.

San Francisco's infielder prospect Lance Niekro is Joe's son, thus Phil's nephew.

[Sampiro]

Speaking of odd relationships, my vote for the strangest casting job in a live action movie: James Earl Jones as the son of Nick Nolte in JEFFERSON IN PARIS.

Jon Owen, lead singer of the cult British band GLOBAL VILLAGE TRUCKING COMPANY, is a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. (His paternal great-grandfather was King George V, though he himself has no title.)

Model/actress Ione Skye is the daughter of 60s pop icon Donovan (Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman), though she didn't meet him til she was grown. Her older brother is Donovan Leitch.

Another odd 60s scioness: In 2001, a three year old girl in Denver named Emi learned, to whatever extent three year old girls in Denver can learn such a thing, that she won't ever have to worry about paying her electric bill, because the granny she'd never met and who her mommy hadn't seen for more than 30 years is one of the world's richest women. Emi is the daughter of Kyoko Cox, who in turn is the daughter of Yoko Ono by her second husband Tony Cox, who kidnapped her in 1967 and raised her under an assumed name in a Christian fundamentalist cult (which I'm guessing beat growing up with John Lennon). He did such a good job of throwing sand over his tracks that Yoko was unable to find her until Kyoko herself decided to make contact.

[SadTomato]

Thora Birch is the daughter of former adult-film star Carol Connors.

[lothos2002]

Both Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez are Martin Sheen's sons and have the same mother (Martin Sheen's real surname is Estevez, Sheen is his mother's surname).

[vivalostwages]

Are you sure, lothos ? I thought he said he took that professional name from Bishop Sheen.

:confused:

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Folger's Coffee spokeslady of another decade, "Mrs. Olson" was played by character actress Virginia Christine, who was the wife of Fritz ::POP:: Feld

[BrotherCadfael]

Originally posted by dwyr
Alma Gluck, famous operatic singer of the early 20th century, is Stephanie Zimbalist's grandmother and of course Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s mother.Is anyone else unable to call Stephanie Zimbalist anything other than "Stephanie Zimbalist, Jr."?

[refusal]

Actress and cake-maker Jane Asher, who used to date Paul McCartney, is married to satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, who did the design for the film of Pink Floyd's The Wall.

And has no one mentioned the Freud family? Sigmund Freud was the grandfather of painter Lucian Freud and British politician and writer Clement Freud, and Siggy's great-grandchildren include British radio and TV presenter Emma Freud and fashion designer Bella Freud.

Actress Mia (Ferris Bueller) Sara's father-in-law is Sean Connery (she's married to his son Jason).

British TV presenter Emma Forbes is daughter of Nanette Newman (actress and washing liquid shill, who also sang some backing vocals for The Rolling Stones) and swinging 60s filmmaker Bryan Forbes.

Prime Minister Tony Blair is the son-in-law of British TV actor Tony Booth (Till Death Us Do Part).

Kathleen Hanna, of Le Tigre and riot-grrls Bikini Kill, is married to Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys, whose father is playwright Israel Horovitz.

Jarvis Cocker of Pulp is no relation of singer Joe Cocker, but Jarvis's dad was mates with Joe. cite (http://members.tripod.com/~tankkid/pulp_1)

OK, that's enough tenuous crap.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Here's a list of celebrity relationships, although I can't attest to their veracity:

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ps/20040115/107416660201.html

I'd hardly call Bogie and Princess Di "related," though, if you have to go all the way back to Edward III of England. Here's a list of other descendants of Great Britain's royalty:

http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/FamTree/Royal/famous.descents.html

(Can't attest to it, either)

[Little Nemo]

Well as long as the thread's been revived (and how did it survive the board switchover?) I'll throw in that singer Poe, whose real name is Ann Danielewski, is the sister of author Mark Z. Danielewski. Neither is a major celebrity, but the connection surprised me when I read of it.

[violacrane]

And has no one mentioned the Freud family? Sigmund Freud was the grandfather of painter Lucian Freud and British politician and writer Clement Freud, and Siggy's great-grandchildren include British radio and TV presenter Emma Freud and fashion designer Bella Freud..

Another great granddaughter is Esther, daughter of Lucien. She's a novelist, her first book, Hideous Kinky, was made into a film with Kate Winslett


Prime Minister Tony Blair is the son-in-law of British TV actor Tony Booth (Till Death Us Do Part).


Tony Booth is the Great great nephew of John Wilkes Booth, who shot president Lincoln. odd connection for a british PM eh? I could only find this rather dodgy http://www.genealogytoday.com/uk/columns/westwood/021025.html

Gary Oldman's sister is Laila Morse, currently playing a soap battleaxe on the BBCs Eastenders. It always makes me smile when I think "Uma Thurman's sister in law.

"http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/eastenders/characters/character_content/character_mo_s.shtml

[thegreyathena]

Shirley Jones, who played David Cassidy's mother on The Partridge Family, was his real-life stepmother. She married his father when he (David) was young.

[LifeOnWry]

Well, since tghis thread has been bumped, I'll add one I meant to add way back when:

News lady Jane Pauley's real name is Margaret. She is (or maybe was)married to Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. In other words, Jane Pauley is really Margaret Trudeau.

[Sampiro]

Jason Bateman is the son-in-law of Paul Anka.

Robert Clary (LeBeau from HOGAN'S HEROES and a concentration camp survivor in real life) was the son-in-law of Eddie Cantor. His co-star Werner Klemperer was the son of conductor Otto Klemperor.

Michael York is the stepfather of Rick McCallum, producer of the most recent STAR WARS trilogy. His CABARET co-star Marisa Berenson is the granddaughter of designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the sister of photographer Berry Berenson, who was the wife of Tony Perkins and who was killed on American Airlines flight 11 on September 11.

Abby Dalton was the mother-in-law of her FALCON CREST co-star Lorenzo Lamas, who is the son of Fernando Lamas (and a complete sleaze; he tried to get his Playmate wife [not Dalton's daughter] to become an escort in order to bring money into the house and he sells phone calls (http://hollywoodiscalling.com/) , so apparently he is really broke).

Artie Shaw's wives included Ava Gardner (who also married Mickey Rooney and Frank Sinatra), Evelyn Keyes (who also married John Huston), Lana Turner and Forever Amber author Kathleen Winsor.

Jason Patric is the grandson of Jackie Gleason.

Some sites (including imdb.com) state that Robert Duvall is a descendant of Robert E. Lee, but I haven't seen this verified. Gary Gilmore claimed to be an illegitimate grandson of Harry Houdini (probably complete B.S.). Katharine Hepburn was the direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom she won an Oscar for portraying in LION IN WINTER, and was of the same Scottish clan as Mary Q of Scots husband James Hepburn, whose lover she played in MARY OF SCOTLAND.

Jordan Ladd is the daughter of Cheryl Ladd and the granddaughter of Alan Ladd.

Marlon Brando is allegedly (http://www.imdb.com/PeopleNews/2003/20030813) the grandfather of Hole lead singer/Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love.

[Jeff Lichtman]

The real name of David Seville, creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, was Ross Bagdasarian. His uncle was William Saroyan, and together they wrote the song Come On-A My House. Rosemary Clooney recorded the song - her nephew is George Clooney.

[TeaElle]

Dominick Dunne is the brother of John Gregory Dunne and the brother-in-law of Joan Didion.He was the father of the late Dominique Dunne, who played the older daughter in the movie Poltergeist and was murdered by her psycho boyfriend. (Who is now out of prison and working as a chef, which sickens.) He's also the father of Griffin Dunne, probably best known from the movie Who's That Girl which co-starred Madonna. Griffin's ex-wife is the actress Carey Lowell (formerly of Law & Order) who is now married to actor Richard Gere.

Actor/Director Spike Jonze is no longer in Clan Coppola; he and Sofia have decided to end their marriage, reportedly quite amiably.

[International Playboy]

Chris Elliott is the son of Bob Elliott from the comedy team, Bob abd Ray.

Sissy Spacek and Loretta Lynn claimed to be sisters or something in a past life. (Please don't ask for a cite on that one, I just recall reading that when Coal Miner's Daughter made its theatrical release.

[Annie-Xmas]

Anthony Stewart Head of "Buffy" is the brother of Murray Head, best known as the singer of "One Night in Bangkok."

I've read that "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee was the cousin of Truman Capote.

To claify the Lynn Redgrave statement: Her assistant had a baby and refused to name the father. Her son Benjamin later married the woman and adopted the boy. At a later Thanksgiving dinner, it came out that the baby's father was Lynn's husband and Benjamin's father John Clark. And you thought holiday dinners were bad at your house.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and classical cellist Julian Lloyd Webber are brothers (well, duh.....)

[Dangerosa]

I've read that "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee was the cousin of Truman Capote.

Not quite. They were next door neighbors though - at least on occation when Capote stayed with aunts (?) in town. Most people believe Dill is modeled on young Truman. They remained friends until his death, and some people wonder how much of "In Cold Blood" Lee wrote (she did help with the research).

[Julius Henry]

Looks like we could get one of those "6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon" kind of games going here.

But to add to the din, on "My Three Sons," Beverly Garland played Tina Cole's step mother-in-law. Some years after the show was over, Beverly Garland actually became Tina Cole's step mother-in-law when the two wed Fillmore Crank Sr. and Jr. respectively.

[Bakhesh]

Oliver Platt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001624/) was second cousin to Princess Diana

Crispian Mills of semi-rubbish band Kula Shaker was son of Hayley Mills (child star of Disney films such as 'The Parent Trap') who was in turn daughter of Sir John Mills (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590055/).

[peasea]

St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere is daughter to Lucia Pamela (http://www.pandemic.com/lucia/), whacked-out 60's entertainer and artist of Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela (http://www.counterpoint-music.com/specialties/pamela.html), which she claimed was recorded on the Moon. Neither's a big celebrity; I just wanted to post Lucia's bio and song clips, which you just gotta check out.

[Revtim]

The one I could never wrap my mind around is the fact that Albert Brooks is Super Dave Osbourne's brother.That surpised me so much when I read it I started a thread pretty much like this one (months or years ago).

Even weirder, their original last name was "Einstein". Albert Brooks was born Albert Einstein.

[Guinastasia]

Not quite. They were next door neighbors though - at least on occation when Capote stayed with aunts (?) in town. Most people believe Dill is modeled on young Truman. They remained friends until his death, and some people wonder how much of "In Cold Blood" Lee wrote (she did help with the research).

I thought it was the other way around-people wondering if Capote really wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

Ewan McGregor, who played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels is the nephew of Denis Lawson, who played X-Wing pilot Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars movies.